On TV, but like in real life, a patient with extensive cancer was told she had months to live. But the doctor said there might be one last treatment.

“I did some research and found a new protocol… on this machine, the da Vinci… I’d be able to cut in ways that I’d never be able to do freehand,” Dr. Addison Montgomery said during a Jan. 6 episode of “Private Practice,” ABC’s popular medical drama.

The scene cuts away, and the dynamic Dr. Montgomery turns to speak to the patient’s desperate lover about the cancer surgery: “We got it. All of it,” she says triumphantly. Continue Reading >>